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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indianx:
Help!! Galaxy S Bricked ?

I have Galaxy S GT-i9000M. All it does shows me the tree symbols. See picture

phone - attention - computer

I cannot get the phone into download mode neither i can get the phone recovery mode. Please help i just want the phone be flashed with JL2 latest Froyo 2.2. Phone does not boot at all. All what i see when i turn on the phone is that screen see the pic. I tried flash first darky and sd mount error came up. Some how i got it working when i flashed XWJFD firmware which fixed the mount issue. After that i could not get into download mode anymore to flash the JL2 firmware. I got the phone into download mode with

adb reboot download.

I got an error message when i tried flash with odin 1.3 and now iam stuck at the screen. Anyway to safe the phone ?

Anyone can help me ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alferret:
I have seen this twice on my phone, sometimes there is a way to get it into download mode.

Take out battery

plug USB into phone & PC

Insert battery

Press & hold VOL- Home & pwr

It may work for you, it certainly has for me.

Before doing this download JPU + ODIN3v1.3 & 512.pit check repartition and get it all ready. Make sure KIES isnt running in background, then do the above. Takes a while to install & also works with lag fixes enabled.

Hope it works for you.

If this doesnt work (No guarantees) then there is a hardware mod that forces the phone into DL mode. Thats here on XDA somewhere.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m2677086:
This always got mine into download mode when somehow the 3button combo didnt work~
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aadis:
remove bettry b4 flashing rom and put it back .n adition if u hv only pda file then dnt use pit file,if u want to use pit file try 512.otherwise if this not work then in recovery mode fectory setting and try again above
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silnar:
[Q] Bricked Galaxy S ???

Day ago i decided to install Froyo 2.2.1 on Galaxy S. I had already downgrade from 3e to 2e and rooted phone. I put new ROM buy ODIN 1.7. When i was doing this i lost power in computer. All building lost power for 3h.

After this i couldnt do anything with Samsung. When i was trying get to Recovery Mode i always has this picture of bricked phone but i could use and ia had Download mode.

By download mode i install this JP2

i9000XXJP2 Instructions

1. Remove the battery from your phone

2. Remove the SIM Card and MicroSD Card from your phone

3. Place the battery back on the phone

4. Hold down the HOME button, Volume Down button, and Power On button

5. You should now see a Download screen

6. Open Odin v1.7

7. Click on the button “PIT” and load the “s1_odin_20100512.pit” file

8. Click on the button “PDA” and load the “I9000XXJP2-REV03-PDA-CL464213.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.

9. Click on the button “Phone” and load the “MODEM_I9000XXJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.

10. Click on the button “CSC” and load the “GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.

11. Click the checkbox next to: “Re-Partition”

12. Plug your phone into your computer with USB Debugging on

13. Look at the gallery below to see if everything is going right

14. Once done, your phone will boot up

because i could not anything else. This rom work on 3e when i was trying change on 2e using CF-root by ODIN and i have seen

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)

(No such file or directory) E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:"

Your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions

copy default media content failed.

Now i have I9000XXJP2

kernel 2.6.32.9

root(at)sep-52 #1

and build number GT-I9000-eng 2.2 MASTER 332 test.keys.332

I put by odin CF-root-JP6-v1.2. It makeing downgrade from recovery 3e to 2e but after reboot on screen is Galaxy Samsung S GT-I9000 nad all time vibrating first one's then twice and again.

My question is how can i back to froyo 2.2 with baseband JP8 ??

I download JPO but password is incorrect. Can anyone help me ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
flash this thru odin along with a rom of your choice and that should do it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indianx:
didnt work. here is what i did.

I tried flash first darky and sd mount error came up.

Some how i got it working when i flashed XWJFD firmware which fixed the mount issue.

After that i could not get into download or recovery mode anymore

I was told there is a problem with download/recovery moder with the XWJFD firmware. I have to apply sbl to it.

I got it into download with ADB: adb reboot download.

When i tried to apply sbl I got an error message when i tried flash with odin 1.3 and now iam stuck at the screen.

with or without cable. Cannot get into download mode.:confused:

now iam regretting getting away from the dam iphone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdl1969:
First thing to try is take the battery out and wait an hour before putting it back in and trying download mode again. This worked for me first time I had that screen (and others have reported this as well). If this doesn't work you will have to buy / build a jig to force it into download mode. There's a thread on here somewhere on how to build a jig or you would be able to buy one from ebay. Good luck!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indianx:
waited whole night couldnt get into download mode.

will this jig mode help even with the mobile -attention - computer screen ?

I cannot get anything else than that screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
Used Odin (proberly the wrong way), know my phone doen't start

Hello,

I have a samung Galaxy S for 2 months. I have updated to 2.2 using Kies.

But I had some problems, like live streaming etc.

I decided to go back to version 2.1. I have spent a lot of hours reading and trying to root etc and i've used Odin. During the flashing it says that is was not succesful. So I turned of my phone and the it wont start anymore. The combination to turn into recovery or download mode is also not working.

If I connect my phone to the laptop I hear the sound that the phone is connected. I see in Odin that it is connected.

But the phone won't start. Who can help me? I don't know what to do?

I hope someone can help me!

I'm waiting for your comments
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cq914:
Was the combination of going into recovery or download mode worked before u tried to downgrade?

and what version did u flash... can you tell the details of what u did exactly??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jodue:
hm. you write

but you can't get into download mode? makes no sense to me!

try the following:

disconnect your device (if connected to power or usb)

pull the battery and wait ~10-30 seconds

insert te battery and then try to get into download mode (press home+volume-down+power at the same time)

what happens? screen stay's black? any other activity?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
The phone had not the combination before. I've followed some steps to add those combination to downgrade. I've tested and it works.

I've used Odin v1.0 and later v1.3. The firmware is "SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL". And the PIT file was s1_odin_20100512.

If U want more details I'll try to give U.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GGSunny12:
Bring your phone to samsung service center or buy a usb jig from ebay.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
I've tried what u said. But it does not do anything.

The screen stays black and it doen't show anything....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jodue:
okay that's bad!

what i still don't understand: you don't get into download mode but odin reports the phone as connected? if you really bricked your bootloader the pc shouldn't "see" the device as connected.

it's hard to say what's happend without actually seeing the device but you probably flashed back the old bootloader without the 3-button-combination. the next best idea i have at the moment is to build a force-device-to-download mode "usb-jig" (there is a thread about it here somewhere).

good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
i've downloaded this file: GT-I9000_I9000XWJM8_I9000XXJM4_CODE-MODEM.rar

I've extracted this file and there where 2 files in it:

- CODE_I9000XWJM8.tar.md5

- MODEM_I9000XXJM4.tar.md5

I've used Odin but only used one of the files, CODE_I9000XWJM8.tar.md5

This went succecfully and after the reboot i heard the starting sound, but the screen is still black. Should i use also the other file??

I'm going to try if the phone can start if I pull the battery off!

Every comment/help is welcome!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jodue:
yes, you need to flash BOTH files and in addition you should also flash a csc file!!! obviously you haven't read the odin-howto's carefully enough. i recommend you do that (again)! also you probably want to try a new (2.2.1) firmware like JS5 as they provide the best functionality and speed!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
Ok, thanks for your comment.

Can u give me the link to the thread? I don't wont to make again a mistake...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
use a jig and flash jpc....

then try some of the newest releases (after repairing ur three button combo...)and think about if u really want to go back to the c... 2.1

read a lot and perhaps try darky's resurection

read this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jodue:
if you can hear the start sound but the screen stay's black you have another problem. i guess the system is somehow messed up so that it can't boot normally but it's not really bricked.

-> you need to to the steps for the 3-button-combination again (i haven't done that mayself because my sgs hat it from the binning so i can't give you any advice on that) and then flash again with odin. but this time the proper way (read the howto's!!)!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
if he didn't flash the bootloader it is very unlikely(next to undoable) to make a hardbrick .....

but if you are nervous even if u had 3btn it could be hard to enter it...so make urself a jig nothing can go wrong anymore....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdl1969:
Yes, the jig is designed to put the SGS into download mode when it's stuck in the phone-!-PC screen.

This is the ebay seller I bought my jig from: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/samsung-galax..._MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item230e4d7944 The one I bought works well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
Thansk for your comment.

I've read this info in the morning and I thougt that I've understood it well. Proberly not.

I dont understand what a Jig and Flash jpc means? Is that a program?

I'm not known in this world so i'm sorry for all the questions...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
try the forum search : a jig cable is a special cable to get ur phone in download mode

jpc is a froyo rom it helped a lot of people(including me) to get their phones up and running again ...

i played with my recovery one day with lagfix on and my phone didn't boot no recovery ....

flashed jpc good to go

i am allways flashing jpc to get from cm7 to darky's (cm7-> jpc->cwm kernel->darky)

oh and please post in the correct forum section in the future. android development is for new roms and development(code) not for problems

you would find quicker help in general or q&a(if you have questions)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
Thank your for your comment.

I've just ordered from ebay a jig and hope that i will get it within 2 a 3 days. I'll hope that it will solve the problems.

Ok, my next question (i hope not in this categorie :)) will I place in the Q and A section. Thanks again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
you are very welcome if you didn't flash your bootloader nothing can go wrong

you can try again to go to download mode with 3btn (really confirm that you try download mode) after you put out your battery for some time

and confirm that your battery is loaded and not completly empty( happened before don't laugh ;-) )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheb_mohamed:
I can get in to the download mode now...:)

Dont ask me how, i just used Odin and now it starts but it end with the galaxy symbol and then a black screen. Then is vibrates every few seconds.

I'm using Odin and there are 4 buttons and i have used this files:

- PIT (s1_odin_20100512.pit)

- PDA (I9000XWJS5-REV03-ALL-low-CL869633.tar.md5)

- Phone (MODEM_I9000XXJPY.tar.md5)

- CSC (GT-I9000-CSC-XENJS3.tar.md5)

But it doesn't work. I must do something wrong!!

Please help now I'm on the good way... I think
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaju123:
Use repartition when flashing, and make sure ure in download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
wrong pit.

again: flash jpc with repartition then js5 just one file and no pit!(without repartition).....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bristolian:
If your mot sure what to do. Take it back to the shop you bought it from and just tell them its stopped working. I bricked mine when only a few weeks old due to a power outage while flashing. The shop sent phone for repair amd was bach in e days.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
what is the fun in that? this is xda if we break it we fix it ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indianx:
Are 10000% sure it will work with the jig cable. I just purchased it. Iam in canada and i hope i will get it in a week.

If anyone know any other method please let me know.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongostl:
same exact situation here.

any resolution?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s_anuj:
Yeah.. actually died

So, here's an update a week from when I bricked the phone.

After trying all known methods (3 button combos, battery out etc.) nothing moved. The device just didn't power on (no vibe, no recovery or download screen, no phone-!-pc nothing...)

I am guessing it was either the EXT2/4 that messed with the Odin flash or I managed to flash a fw with bootloader... Anyways a rude awakening that SGS can be completely bricked!

Finally took it to the service centre & after 3 days they replaced the motherboard and returned. Warranty covered it phew...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
make sure to select the option to repartition if you are using Odin
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
can you start in download mode and odin-flash some other firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vukandric:
I have similar problem. I can get in to the recovery mode, but when i restart my phone, i only hear startup music, but the welcome screen stays and i cant do anything. Please some help, what should i do???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steffe.jst:
*facepalm*

This is probably your best bet if you haven't already. Though it seems a small bet there's always that remote chance that there's stuff left over from JPC that messes up the boot - not really read into firmwares too much at this point so can't really give you a much better answer than that.

Other than that, have you tried pulling the battery for a while?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
Yes. No luck. I see the "Samsung Galaxy S" white logo, the phone reboots and again the logo and so on.

Rebooting into recovery yields the same error as my initial post (not able to mount SDCARD)

Yes i have selected repartition, no go.

Yes i started download mode and flashed back to the original i9000M firmware, old JP2, JM5, JM1.

the flash ends fine but the phone will not finishing booting up. Going into recovery still shows the SDCARD error.

I am at a total loss.

I call Samsung Canada and they said i need to take it to Bell but i live in the US so i really hope i can fins this somehow.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
you should open a new topic

that is not bricked, it just stuck on boot screen, it's fix able
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Did you originally install this via Kies or Odin?

If Odin, which did you use? There are 2 floating around, and only one of them works. I got that same error when I installed with add_jpc.tar. However, flashing back to JH2 worked for me.

Maybe try the new Hong Kong JP2 with the new odin PIT file and see what happens....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
I initially flashed vie Kies and it worked until i rebooted the phone, at which point it would no reboot anymore.

I then tried flashing JPC again using Odin from here and it did not restore my phone.

You say there are more than one Odin version, do you have a link to the working ODIN version?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAMBO04:
@henrik listen mate no idea why you are getting so irritated, NO i dont have a stolen SGS but YES i was stating in a worst case scenario which this IS, he had two options.

Yes the OP should have been curious to how a £500 phone is £180, and gumtree is the worst place to buy such things, but he didnt think about that like most people and got it. I dont see how all of you have the right to suddenly judge and point the finger at him as he stated he didnt know UNTIL orange told him, its a bit sad really that you think by telling him hes potentially a robber when hes not and its a genuine mistake, and he knows its obviously illegal because orange stated so!

People make mistakes, give relevant information to the person instead of irrelevant crap. He contacted the police, fair enough. Hopefully they can handle it, hope it gets sorted mate :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Anyway, it's better this way.. If you are ever found drunk and disorderly on the streets, and they find your mobile phone (and looked up the imei, which is probably unlikely), you would have been in deeper trouble..

At least you got your phone, when I ordered one off an auction site once, I got screwed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant which JPC version did you download, not odin. My bad.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i just hope he gets his money back, or at least a free phone from orange
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
The one listed here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7916322&postcount=1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Ok, try downloading and installing the HK JP2 from HERE

Use the included odin and pit file. Let me know what happens.

Edit: updated links for quicker download!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ffoo3d:
[Q] Orange FR PHONE may be BRICKED - Help

Hi to all, I got my GT-I9000 from Orange FR, and got this ROM I9000JBVF3.

This Rom was fully themed by Orange, with custom Launcher, apps etc...

Even after installing Launcher Pro or ADW, couldn't change the default launcher app.

So after some search I succeeded to root it, but no way to flash the phone with another rom.

Download mode did not worked with home+vol down+power (only with adb reboot download). Recovery key combo worked.

Is there people in the same sh*t ?

Last edited by ffoo3d; Today at 05:01 PM.

So after many tries I succeeded to flash my phone with ODIN with R3 Paul Modaco (JP3) custom ROM. (Launched ODIN->put ROM files->plugged phone in download mode->start)

After the flash process (everything was ok), the phone was booting with the Samsung bootanimation then the phone started to rumble one time, then the screen went black with menu and back button highlighted, and the phone keeps rumbling time to time.(one time then 2 times)

Bad news for me now is that key combination VolUP or VolDown + Home + power do nothing. No recovery and no Download mode.

Is there a way to enter at least to the recovery mode.

So I am totaly fuc*** or not ? Help would be very appreciated (before returning the phone to Orange).

thanks.

thanks in advance people.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
Thanks man, i have tried it yesterday and still same boot loop.

Actually i was running this version before going to JPC, what a mistake i did :|
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlocb:
OMG!! Could these be the problems samfirmware was talking about?

Now I'm scared to reboot the phone! Tomorrow will flash eclair again...

Sorry for your phone anyway! :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
I would certainly recommend staying away from JPC.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dogmann:
Hi all,

I think most points have already been covered re if its to cheap to be true there must be something wrong as being obvious and to avoid these sort of deals as they usually aren't worth it.

But re changing IMEI's now that really is a very bad idea and has been illegal for years now last time i had any information on it i think it was a fine of up £100,000 and up to 3 years jail time so as i said that's really not a good idea or worth saving any amount of money that could really make it worthwhile.

Marc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
Searching the forums are see that other people were having the same problem exactly and: THEY ARE ALL BELL PHONES!!! (i9000M model).

Amazing.

I think Samsung has a bad batch that corrupts the internal SD card and there is no way out, but replacing the phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7927325&postcount=176 = Bell

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759910&highlight=mmcblk0p1 = Bell

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768975&highlight=mmcblk0p1 = Bell (i think)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765021&highlight=mmcblk0p1 = Bell

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=754569&highlight=mmcblk0p1 = Bell

None of these people found a solution. Guess i am toast.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djshotty:
Then I'm hoping that the Virgin service system does the same for mine, 'cos I can get into Download, run it through Odin and flash with s1_odin_20100512.pit, then nothing! Thing is, the phone itself just gets hotter and hotter, to the point where I could literally cook an egg on the metal holders for the SIM card and Micro MMC. Yeh, so it doesn't reboot, or say anything or do anthing except get hotter. Any clues?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamir5:
woops same thing happens to me..put a rom w1th bootloader in it..then it turn dead..replace the motherboard but not covered by waranty have to pay 250$..oh.my..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Encrypted1024:
You guys should be okay. You just need to flash the right ROM. Certain version you can't upgrade from. I will give more info,but I have to go to work now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Encrypted1024:
Okay, here is a thread where I fixed the issue you guys had.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892534

This is the imortant part. You can just do this:

- Flash to JH2 with repartion and 512 pit. (Back to boot loop)

- Flash to JL2 without repartion or pit

Booted up and working.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flp404:
Yes, JIG cable works fine, I build it using a micro USB connector, and 301k Ohm resistor connecting pins 4 and 5. After few seconds phone got in the download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indianx:
hope so because as i have describe normally i would not have needed a jig cable since the download & recovery mode was working. Phone got messed up after the mount issue and error message when i tried to apply sbl for the XWJFD firmware bug. (which fixed the mount issue)

If that jig cable works fine and it arrives as soon as possible i would be relieved :o